Treatment for persistent chronic neuralgia after inguinal hernioplasty

Hernia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 527-531

  Palumbo, Piergaspare ^a   Minicucci, A ^a   Nasti, A G ^a   Simonelli, I ^a   Vietri, F ^a   Angelici, A M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hernia repair; Noninvasive treatment; Persistent neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIMESULIDE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEURALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549080142     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0268-6     Document Type: Article

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